# The Long Game with Jake Sullivan & Jon Finer

A weekly national security briefing for a world on edge.

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## [Summer Reading List](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/summer-reading-list)

_2026-08-10 · The Long Game Podcast_

Jon Finer & Jake Sullivan share their recommendations

## [The Lance Armstrong Theory of American Politics](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/the-lance-armstrong-theory-of-american)

_2026-08-07 · Jake Sullivan_

Patrick Radden Keefe on outrage fatigue, prediction markets, and a cynicism that won't stay inside politics

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209957563/f34409efc448dbc91e22ccde06c3cb5d.mp3)

## [Transcript: Corruption In A Shameless Age](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/transcript-corruption-in-a-shameless)

_2026-08-06 · The Long Game Podcast_

Patrick Radden Keefe on London Falling and Investigative Journalism

## [Corruption in a Shameless Age](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/corruption-in-a-shameless-age)

_2026-08-06 · Jake Sullivan_

Patrick Radden Keefe on investigative storytelling and why no one sees themselves as the villain

## [Transcript: Can Europe Defend Itself Without America? Radek Sikorski on NATO & Ukraine](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/transcript-can-europe-defend-itself)

_2026-07-30 · The Long Game Podcast_

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on Putin, the false flag scenario, the state of the war, and what Europe can do without Washington.

## [The FCC Is Coming for Chinese Robots](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/the-fcc-is-coming-for-chinese-robots)

_2026-07-30 · Jake Sullivan_

Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer unpack the new ban—and what it reveals about the widening U.S.–China technology race.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209108507/5520376ef41aaa8f7de4118b86744739.mp3)

## ["Putin Would Be Nuts to Attack NATO"](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/putin-would-be-nuts-to-attack-nato)

_2026-07-30 · Jake Sullivan_

Poland's Foreign Minister on the provocation he thinks Russia will try instead — and why he's warning about it publicly.

## [Why Is FBI Director Kash Patel Going to Russia?](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/why-is-fbi-director-kash-patel-going)

_2026-07-23 · Jon Finer_

Plus what Andy Burnham means for UK foreign policy — a subscriber mailbag

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208214689/f143a77d6062a56af8c0d1d54f89a34b.mp3)

## [Why Zelensky Fired His War Chiefs & Where Trump's Iran War Goes Next](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/why-zelensky-fired-his-war-chiefs)

_2026-07-23 · Jake Sullivan_

Ukraine’s military leadership shakeup, the drone revolution reshaping warfare, and America’s shrinking choices in Iran

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_2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Transcript: Why Zelensky Fired His War Chiefs & Where Trump’s Iran War Goes Next](https://thelonggame.substack.com/p/transcript-why-zelensky-fired-his)

_2026-07-23 · The Long Game Podcast_

The Long Game - Episode 33